And since the parts of todays phones are usually manufactured in China, the Chinese officials should be informed very well too.
Since the Russians seem not to be a part of the chain, it seems to be obvious, why they need Snowden. :)
seems that everybody has opportunity to plant datacollecting backdoor somewhere along digital data road. Android/iOS/Windows, intercontinental data cables, PC/phone manufacturer firmwares, asian chip foundries and harddrive makers, wifi routers, cellular stations, USB flash producers, etc. Everything from data storage to network equipment has some kind of arm-controller with megabytes of RAM. enough for logging and calling home. Surprisingly, this makes all major countries happy rather than disappointed.